1From Thomas Jefferson to Matthew Anderson, 31 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Matthew Anderson (1743–1806), served in the Virginia General Assembly as a senator representing Gloucester, Middlesex, and Mathews from 1783 to 1794 and as a delegate representing Gloucester from 1801 to 1803 and from 1804 to 1805. He and his wife Mary Dabney Anderson were sericulturists at Exchange...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 25 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
began representing Prince Edward County in the Virginia General Assembly in 1793. He served as speaker of the House of Delegates from 1805 to 1807. In 1801, Carr, representing Albemarle County, also served in the House (
3From Thomas Jefferson to William Curtis, 18 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
William Curtis (ca. 1757-1806) represented Middlesex County in the Virginia General Assembly in the mid-1780s, and married Ariana Grymes, a granddaughter of Ariana Jenings Randolph, in 1802 (
4From Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 29 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
: in February, Eppes had forwarded to TJ several amendments to the Constitution proposed by the Virginia General Assembly, one of which was to distinguish between president and vice president in casting votes in future elections. On 12 Apr., Senator DeWitt Clinton put forward just such a resolution, including the provision that it be submitted to...
5Memorandum to Albert Gallatin, 28 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
: Turner Southall represented Henrico County in the Virginia General Assembly in 1778, at the same time TJ represented Albemarle County. Southall served in the assembly continuously from 1780 to 1790, first in the House of Delegates and by 1785 in the Senate (
6To Thomas Jefferson from Littleton W. Tazewell, 16 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
with notation “for bridge.” Enclosures: (1) Memorial, signed by Alexander Guthery and 103 others, concerning a recent act of the Virginia General Assembly that would authorize the Norfolk Drawbridge Company to build a toll drawbridge at a particular location across the southern branch of the Elizabeth River; this act alters the location of the bridge as authorized by a previous act of...
7To Thomas Jefferson from John Wayles Eppes, 2 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
. Enclosures: (1) Eight amendments to the Constitution of the United States proposed by the Virginia General Assembly, as considered in the House of Delegates on 26 Jan.: to prohibit the president from serving two consecutive four-year terms; to cut the term of U.S. senators to three years to be classed so that...
8To Thomas Jefferson from James Monroe, 13 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
: Executive Letterbook); in the same clerk’s hand; at head of text: “The President of the United States”; lacks complimentary closing. Enclosure: Resolutions of the Virginia General Assembly, passed by the House of Delegates on 16 Jan. 1802 and agreed
9To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Newton, 10 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Newton was senator for Nansemond, Norfolk, and Princess Anne Counties during the Virginia General Assembly
10To Thomas Jefferson from Peter Carr, 20 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
, a lawyer who represented Cumberland County in the Virginia General Assembly for a number of years and later served as a judge in the state’s General Court (